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Original post by JTownAussie
Hey (: I've received an offer from Durham and it's right now one of my top choices for university - I was just wondering what type of community it is? I live in Indonesia, and so it's definitely going to be a culture shock! (especially the cold haha) I just have a few questions:
1. how are the campuses set out? I know that there are several, however are they all within the one town? Or are they some distance from other?
1. how are the campuses set out? I know that there are several, however are they all within the one town? Or are they some distance from other?
There are only two, and the one based in Durham itself isn't really a campus.
A Campus is a self-contained university environment. Durham is a City university, meaning that its buidlings and facilities are spread across the city in various locations as opposed to a campus university where everything is on one site. That said, it is a small city and you can walk from one side to the other in 40 minutes.
The exception is Queen's Campus, which is a small campus and based in Stockton on Tees about 20 miles away from Durham (and close to Middlesbrough). It is a small campus of only a few departments and a couple of colleges. Unless you're being taught at there it's unlikely you'll need to travel to Queen's Campus. If you do need to travel there, or you are based at Queen's Campus and travel to Durham, it is almost an hour on the bus (and the journey is free if you show your campus card.
3. Finally, how is the social life in Durham? I know that it is quite close to Newcastle, but what about within the town itself? Although I'm not just talking about clubbing - what other exciting things can be done around the place (e.g. is there ice-skating? Laser tag? (as an example of course (: haha))?
If anyone could answer my questions that would be fantastic (:
If anyone could answer my questions that would be fantastic (:
It's not fantastic and largely based on the university itself. The city doesn't really offer a great deal apart from a few decent pubs and restaurants. There is a Gala theatre for theatre, some live music and comedy nights. There's also poetry readings at a place on the Bailey as well as the Assembly Rooms for more theatre. It doesn't have a proper cinema in the city centre (the Gala theatre has one screen usually showing a couple of films on any given week). But the Gala is good for comedy.
There used to be an ice rink as well as a local ice hokey team but they moved to Tyneside and changed their name. This was back in the 1990s, I think.
Newcastle is 20 miles away, so still a reasonable distance away. Though it only takes 12 to 15 minutes on the train this is a bit misleading as it will be longer and more expensive using a taxi when coming back (if you miss the final train). There are night buses on the weekend, however. I don't know anyone who regularly travelled to Newcastle for nights out. I have travelled to Newcastle regularly but I'm different as I'm from a village closer to Newcastle than it is to Durham (meaning I have to travel to Newcastle, or at least the Metro Centre, every time I go home).
If you want to go ice staking or anything like that you'll need to travel to somewhere outside the city (within Co. Durham) or Newcastle or the MetroCentre.
I've moved your post to the Ask A Student thread in the main subforum as this is where applicants ask questions (and probably receives more attention than this chat thread does now...).
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Original post by undergradstudent
Just to comment on that, you do 6 modules a year so I am assuming you would have 6 tutorials a month, not one tutorial a month! They are timetabled small group sessions. Have a look here - http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/faculty.handbook/degrees/frameworks/q300.pdf and you can see how many hours each module has. Besides, it's all about quality, not quantity.
In your first year:
It appears you would have 24 tutorials over the academic year, so 12 per term. This works out at 1 or 2 a week. So that's 6 hours of lectures + 1 or 2 hours of tutorials each week. You wouldn't really want more than 10 tutorials a week as you wouldn't have time to do the reading!
You will also get essay feedback sessions for each module, where your tutor talks to you about your essay personally, which is really valuable.
Each lecturer also has at least 2 'office hours' a week, where you can go and ask questions about the reading, etc. These are informal, either you book a timeslot or just turn up.
In 2nd and 3rd year:
As well as the standard English modules (weekly lecture + 4 tutorials per year), you can also take 'special topic' modules (3 over the 2 years), which are taught entirely by small group seminars. You get ten, 2-hours seminars per special topic module.
College tutorials vary between colleges, usually you're in a group of about 10 people and your tutor organises social events. You can also email your college tutor about any pastoral questions/issues or if you'd like any non-academic advice.
I know several people who do English and they absolutely love it, probably more than anyone else I know loves their subjects. English has an incredibly high student satisfaction rate (92%).
In your first year:
It appears you would have 24 tutorials over the academic year, so 12 per term. This works out at 1 or 2 a week. So that's 6 hours of lectures + 1 or 2 hours of tutorials each week. You wouldn't really want more than 10 tutorials a week as you wouldn't have time to do the reading!
You will also get essay feedback sessions for each module, where your tutor talks to you about your essay personally, which is really valuable.
Each lecturer also has at least 2 'office hours' a week, where you can go and ask questions about the reading, etc. These are informal, either you book a timeslot or just turn up.
In 2nd and 3rd year:
As well as the standard English modules (weekly lecture + 4 tutorials per year), you can also take 'special topic' modules (3 over the 2 years), which are taught entirely by small group seminars. You get ten, 2-hours seminars per special topic module.
College tutorials vary between colleges, usually you're in a group of about 10 people and your tutor organises social events. You can also email your college tutor about any pastoral questions/issues or if you'd like any non-academic advice.
I know several people who do English and they absolutely love it, probably more than anyone else I know loves their subjects. English has an incredibly high student satisfaction rate (92%).
Thank you for the detailed reply! However, I'm doing philosophy and politics, not english
But I suppose departments can assimilate and english applicants will certainly find this useful too. Thanks again 
Original post by River85
Yes, that's my subject (originally single honours philosophy, taking two electives in SGIA until I changed to PhilPol in 2005).
Ah, great, didn't expect that... Then I have some further questions:
The SGIA department has the al-qasimi building on the hill site which seems a long trek from humanities area- or is it?
By a quick look, the specialty of philosophy staff seems to be very heavy on history and philosophy of science and medicine, which I have very, very limited grasp (& interest I'm afraid...) about ... is that true?
(edited 11 years ago)
Original post by Schlegel
Ah, great, didn't expect that... Then I have some further questions:
The SGIA department has the al-qasimi building on the hill site which seems a long trek from humanities area- or is it?
By a quick look, the specialty of philosophy staff seems to be very heavy on history and philosophy of science and medicine, which I have very, very limited grasp (& interest I'm afraid...) about ... is that true?
The SGIA department has the al-qasimi building on the hill site which seems a long trek from humanities area- or is it?
By a quick look, the specialty of philosophy staff seems to be very heavy on history and philosophy of science and medicine, which I have very, very limited grasp (& interest I'm afraid...) about ... is that true?
It's a 15 minute (uphill) walk from Elvet Riverside, so it's not bad really! The only annoying thing will be if you have to run there after a lecture, as you'll only have 10 minutes to get there. But you can usually choose which seminar group you are in, so should be able to pick seminars which aren't directly after your lectures.
You can see the modules available here - http://www.dur.ac.uk/resources/faculty.handbook/degrees/frameworks/lv25.pdf
The modules available matter a lot more than the staff's specialities, although obviously many modules will match the lecturers' research interests.
Usually if you want to write your dissertation on a subject somewhat related to a taught module, they'll be able to find you a supervisor.
(edited 11 years ago)
Original post by The Illuminati
Okay my problem is the following: I have just read a thread where a current student aka QuantumOverlord is saying that Durham's typical offer is A*AA. Would this be the case for biomedical science considering they changed it this very year from ABB to AAB.
No, the standard offer is set on a per-course basis. Biomedical science is AAB.
Original post by dobbs
Surely the contents are...slushed puppies? This is what I have been led to believe for the past 22 years of my life...is it not true?
I wondered why when my dog died I hacked his leg off and put it in the blender it didn't taste anything like Slush Puppies, I thought I just did something wrong in the process
I wondered why when my dog died I hacked his leg off and put it in the blender it didn't taste anything like Slush Puppies, I thought I just did something wrong in the process
Love getting neg rep for a 4 year old post that I actually can't remember posting - it's actually embarrassing that I posted that....what an awful joke haha....maybe I should neg rep myself for it!!
Original post by Schlegel
Ah, great, didn't expect that... Then I have some further questions:
The SGIA department has the al-qasimi building on the hill site which seems a long trek from humanities area- or is it?
The SGIA department has the al-qasimi building on the hill site which seems a long trek from humanities area- or is it?
It is a reasonable distance in Durham terms but not too far. Around 20 minutes as mentioned earlier. It's not too far away from the science site, just up a little to St Mary's then through the car park/along the front.
Some of your SGIA lectures might be at the science site anyway, though tutorials will usually be at AQ or around there (Southend House, Elvet House).
You probably won't notice the distance unless you have something immediately before or after a teaching session which is unlikely but does happen (see end of post).
The distance only bothered me when living at the top of Gilesgate and I needed to walk across there to hand in an essay. In my early days politics were on Old Elvet and were next door neighbours to Philosophy. The AQ building was only a year old and little was based there. Those were the days.
By a quick look, the specialty of philosophy staff seems to be very heavy on history and philosophy of science and medicine, which I have very, very limited grasp (& interest I'm afraid...) about ... is that true?
Durham offers quite a well balanced philosophical education at undergraduate level. The history and philosophy of science and medicine are some of the major research interests of staff, and their only specialist taught MA, but they also have expertise in metaphysics, moral philosophy/ethics, modern philosophy, political philosophy, logic and both Continental and Analytic Philosophy. It's a small department and not exactly a great number of modules on offer every year but there is a decent range in what is available. So although Durham don't offer the same number of modules larger departments do, I don't think they are as heavily foucused in just one or two areas as other universities and also don't spread themselves too thinly.
As a Phil Pol student you will have little opportunity to take any modules in history and philosophy of science and medicine as they offer only a relative handful of modules in this area. As you can see by looking at the faculty handbook, you have little choice in what you can do in first and second year. There are hist and phil of sci and med modules at level 1 but you are not able to take any as a joint honours student. In your third year you can chose modules in history of psychiatry, history of the body (actually a school of health module), science and religion, philosophical issues in the sciences and biomedical ethics. Biomedical ethics is, as the name suggests, a module focusing more on ethical issues in medicine and this is its primary focus but it still touches on history of medicine (in understanding the background and historical context of medical ethics, the Hippocratic Oath for example).
I took History and Theory of Medicine, History of Science and Philosophy of Science in my (second) first year. Histrory and PHilosophy were seperate modules then but they're combined now. I then took Biomedical Ethics in final year and a dissertation in History of Medicine in my final year
So I had no previous experience with history of science and medicine, and very little experience of philosophy of science, before I started my degree and it was only by chance that I ended up taking the level one modules. But I soon developed a real interest in it and hoping to study it at postgrad - though probably not at Durham as I fancy a change of scene after all these years.
So I wouldn't worry about it for two reasons; first is that you will only have an opportunity to study history and philosophy of medicine and science in your final year and, by then, you have probably developed your own interests and specialisms so, if you don't want to do them, there are other options. Second, I didn't have any experience myself but found I thoroughly enjoyed the modules and no prior experience or knowledge is required. If you want to know more about modules before doing them then you can always get opinions from current or previous students and also from academic staff.
Original post by undergradstudent
It's a 15 minute (uphill) walk from Elvet Riverside, so it's not bad really! The only annoying thing will be if you have to run there after a lecture, as you'll only have 10 minutes to get there. But you can usually choose which seminar group you are in, so should be able to pick seminars which aren't directly after your lectures.
In any normal department. In SGIA this isn't always guarenteed though. Philosophy will usually offer a range of tutorial slots, as will most module conveners in SGIA modules. But in one SGIA module in particular there were only two tutorial slots with the second immediately after the first. This isn't good if you have to miss a tutorial due to illness as it means you can't make it up at a later time.
I had a Modern Philosophy lecture immediately after a SGIA lecture in 2009-2010 (SGIA at 10, Philosophy at 11). Needless to say, I didn't attend a single MP lecture that year
(or any philosophy lecture, for that matter) but I was resitting the philosophy module as I didn't complete due to illness a few years earlier (though I knew the content so attending lectures was not needed). There were only one or two other people taking those modules and they all just left 10 minutes early, arriving about 2 to 5 minutes late for the lecture (which isn't a disaster and some lecturers might delay starting the lecture by a couple of minutes to allow people to arrive anyway).But these clashes/near clashes should be rare in theory as philosophy and politics is a common JH degree so they will try their best to avoid timetable issues. In two "unrelated" courses, History of Art and Engineering for example, you'd expect more clashes.
*I'm aware there is no History of Art degree at Durham. I'm referring to the History of Art modules in the School of Education.
(edited 11 years ago)
Original post by River85
It is a reasonable distance in Durham terms but not too far. Around 20 minutes as mentioned earlier. It's not too far away from the science site, just up a little to St Mary's then through the car park/along the front.
Some of your SGIA lectures might be at the science site anyway, though tutorials will usually be at AQ or around there (Southend House, Elvet House).
You probably won't notice the distance unless you have something immediately before or after a teaching session which is unlikely but does happen (see end of post).
The distance only bothered me when living at the top of Gilesgate and I needed to walk across there to hand in an essay. In my early days politics were on Old Elvet and were next door neighbours to Philosophy. The AQ building was only a year old and little was based there. Those were the days.
Durham offers quite a well balanced philosophical education at undergraduate level. The history and philosophy of science and medicine are some of the major research interests of staff, and their only specialist taught MA, but they also have expertise in metaphysics, moral philosophy/ethics, modern philosophy, political philosophy, logic and both Continental and Analytic Philosophy. It's a small department and not exactly a great number of modules on offer every year but there is a decent range in what is available. So although Durham don't offer the same number of modules larger departments do, I don't think they are as heavily foucused in just one or two areas as other universities and also don't spread themselves too thinly.
As a Phil Pol student you will have little opportunity to take any modules in history and philosophy of science and medicine as they offer only a relative handful of modules in this area. As you can see by looking at the faculty handbook, you have little choice in what you can do in first and second year. There are hist and phil of sci and med modules at level 1 but you are not able to take any as a joint honours student. In your third year you can chose modules in history of psychiatry, history of the body (actually a school of health module), science and religion, philosophical issues in the sciences and biomedical ethics. Biomedical ethics is, as the name suggests, a module focusing more on ethical issues in medicine and this is its primary focus but it still touches on history of medicine (in understanding the background and historical context of medical ethics, the Hippocratic Oath for example).
I took History and Theory of Medicine, History of Science and Philosophy of Science in my (second) first year. Histrory and PHilosophy were seperate modules then but they're combined now. I then took Biomedical Ethics in final year and a dissertation in History of Medicine in my final year
So I had no previous experience with history of science and medicine, and very little experience of philosophy of science, before I started my degree and it was only by chance that I ended up taking the level one modules. But I soon developed a real interest in it and hoping to study it at postgrad - though probably not at Durham as I fancy a change of scene after all these years.
So I wouldn't worry about it for two reasons; first is that you will only have an opportunity to study history and philosophy of medicine and science in your final year and, by then, you have probably developed your own interests and specialisms so, if you don't want to do them, there are other options. Second, I didn't have any experience myself but found I thoroughly enjoyed the modules and no prior experience or knowledge is required. If you want to know more about modules before doing them then you can always get opinions from current or previous students and also from academic staff.
In any normal department. In SGIA this isn't always guarenteed though. Philosophy will usually offer a range of tutorial slots, as will most module conveners in SGIA modules. But in one SGIA module in particular there were only two tutorial slots with the second immediately after the first. This isn't good if you have to miss a tutorial due to illness as it means you can't make it up at a later time.
I had a Modern Philosophy lecture immediately after a SGIA lecture in 2009-2010 (SGIA at 10, Philosophy at 11). Needless to say, I didn't attend a single MP lecture that year (or any philosophy lecture, for that matter) but I was resitting the philosophy module as I didn't complete due to illness a few years earlier (though I knew the content so attending lectures was not needed). There were only one or two other people taking those modules and they all just left 10 minutes early, arriving about 2 to 5 minutes late for the lecture (which isn't a disaster and some lecturers might delay starting the lecture by a couple of minutes to allow people to arrive anyway).
But these clashes/near clashes should be rare in theory as philosophy and politics is a common JH degree so they will try their best to avoid timetable issues. In two "unrelated" courses, History of Art and Engineering for example, you'd expect more clashes.
*I'm aware there is no History of Art degree at Durham. I'm referring to the History of Art modules in the School of Education.
Some of your SGIA lectures might be at the science site anyway, though tutorials will usually be at AQ or around there (Southend House, Elvet House).
You probably won't notice the distance unless you have something immediately before or after a teaching session which is unlikely but does happen (see end of post).
The distance only bothered me when living at the top of Gilesgate and I needed to walk across there to hand in an essay. In my early days politics were on Old Elvet and were next door neighbours to Philosophy. The AQ building was only a year old and little was based there. Those were the days.
Durham offers quite a well balanced philosophical education at undergraduate level. The history and philosophy of science and medicine are some of the major research interests of staff, and their only specialist taught MA, but they also have expertise in metaphysics, moral philosophy/ethics, modern philosophy, political philosophy, logic and both Continental and Analytic Philosophy. It's a small department and not exactly a great number of modules on offer every year but there is a decent range in what is available. So although Durham don't offer the same number of modules larger departments do, I don't think they are as heavily foucused in just one or two areas as other universities and also don't spread themselves too thinly.
As a Phil Pol student you will have little opportunity to take any modules in history and philosophy of science and medicine as they offer only a relative handful of modules in this area. As you can see by looking at the faculty handbook, you have little choice in what you can do in first and second year. There are hist and phil of sci and med modules at level 1 but you are not able to take any as a joint honours student. In your third year you can chose modules in history of psychiatry, history of the body (actually a school of health module), science and religion, philosophical issues in the sciences and biomedical ethics. Biomedical ethics is, as the name suggests, a module focusing more on ethical issues in medicine and this is its primary focus but it still touches on history of medicine (in understanding the background and historical context of medical ethics, the Hippocratic Oath for example).
I took History and Theory of Medicine, History of Science and Philosophy of Science in my (second) first year. Histrory and PHilosophy were seperate modules then but they're combined now. I then took Biomedical Ethics in final year and a dissertation in History of Medicine in my final year
So I had no previous experience with history of science and medicine, and very little experience of philosophy of science, before I started my degree and it was only by chance that I ended up taking the level one modules. But I soon developed a real interest in it and hoping to study it at postgrad - though probably not at Durham as I fancy a change of scene after all these years.
So I wouldn't worry about it for two reasons; first is that you will only have an opportunity to study history and philosophy of medicine and science in your final year and, by then, you have probably developed your own interests and specialisms so, if you don't want to do them, there are other options. Second, I didn't have any experience myself but found I thoroughly enjoyed the modules and no prior experience or knowledge is required. If you want to know more about modules before doing them then you can always get opinions from current or previous students and also from academic staff.
In any normal department. In SGIA this isn't always guarenteed though. Philosophy will usually offer a range of tutorial slots, as will most module conveners in SGIA modules. But in one SGIA module in particular there were only two tutorial slots with the second immediately after the first. This isn't good if you have to miss a tutorial due to illness as it means you can't make it up at a later time.
I had a Modern Philosophy lecture immediately after a SGIA lecture in 2009-2010 (SGIA at 10, Philosophy at 11). Needless to say, I didn't attend a single MP lecture that year
(or any philosophy lecture, for that matter) but I was resitting the philosophy module as I didn't complete due to illness a few years earlier (though I knew the content so attending lectures was not needed). There were only one or two other people taking those modules and they all just left 10 minutes early, arriving about 2 to 5 minutes late for the lecture (which isn't a disaster and some lecturers might delay starting the lecture by a couple of minutes to allow people to arrive anyway).But these clashes/near clashes should be rare in theory as philosophy and politics is a common JH degree so they will try their best to avoid timetable issues. In two "unrelated" courses, History of Art and Engineering for example, you'd expect more clashes.
*I'm aware there is no History of Art degree at Durham. I'm referring to the History of Art modules in the School of Education.
Thanks a lot for the very detailed answer
I'm so looking forward to durham right now
UCL better not offer me a place to sway it...hi, i have an offer from durham for computer science, but i also have one from UCL. I prefer Durham as a university, but i apparently UCL has a better course and is better for computer science. Can anyone who does computer science at durham tell me how it is please?? 
How easy is it to switch from "Chemistry (MChem)" to "Chemistry (Inudstrial Route) (MChem)"? (I have an offer for the normal chemistry one and think I may want to do the industrial route (but not 100% sure yet)) I do have another space free on UCAS so I could send off the industrial one if it is hard to switch, but I guess it is easy to switch?
(edited 11 years ago)
Original post by archie0705
How easy is it to switch from "Chemistry (MChem)" to "Chemistry (Inudstrial Route) (MChem)"? (I have an offer for the normal chemistry one and think I may want to do the industrial route (but not 100% sure yet)) I do have another space free on UCAS so I could send off the industrial one if it is hard to switch, but I guess it is easy to switch?
From a departmental point of view it is ridiculously easy. You can switch between the courses any time up until the end of second year I think, but you have to get >50% in your second year to do any masters course. If I was in your position I would keep the Durham MChem offer and definitely not bother applying for the Industrial Route.
There might be some student loan issues depending on where you do your project in 4th year but the department will tell you all about that at the time (and it's probably changed since I was deciding!).
Original post by vgj
hi, i have an offer from durham for computer science, but i also have one from UCL. I prefer Durham as a university, but i apparently UCL has a better course and is better for computer science. Can anyone who does computer science at durham tell me how it is please??
What do you mean with 'apparently'? Have you been to see either department?
Anyway as far as I am aware Computer Sciences at Durham is quite nice; I like CompSoc anyway. But that's all I know! The science site is lovely and it has 3 YUM cafés =P I'll PM you the e-mail address of someone who can help you further.
JUst to let you know; CompSoc is dominated by Physicists, not CompScis! They're the people that like programming for the sake of it, not just studying it! I can't speak much for the CompSci department though admittedly...
Original post by JPDub
Does Durham have an ice hockey team? When they say hockey I never know if they mean field or ice. I would love to be able to play hockey in England since I play competitively here
Durham doesn't have a team of its own at the moment BUT the British Uni competition allows you to play for another nearby team, and Durham students have previously played for Newcastle and Northumbria.
Check out www.buiha.org.uk for more info on the competition and for team contacts. I know someone was trying to get a Durham team going, but there's no rink closer than Newcastle at the moment so he's finding it hard.
Original post by vgj
hi, i have an offer from durham for computer science, but i also have one from UCL. I prefer Durham as a university, but i apparently UCL has a better course and is better for computer science. Can anyone who does computer science at durham tell me how it is please??
I looked round Durham's computer science department with my brother, and it is very small. The building is shared with engineering students, as there aren't enough comp sciencers to justify their own. This put my brother off, but it might not bother you... you should look into both places in more detail.
Hi,
I've received an unconditional offer but haven't heard from University College yet. I wanted to find out about the Castle Drama/Theatre group? i've looked online but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information. I would like to join it if I do get in, want to find out more.
Thanks
I've received an unconditional offer but haven't heard from University College yet. I wanted to find out about the Castle Drama/Theatre group? i've looked online but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information. I would like to join it if I do get in, want to find out more.
Thanks
Original post by maxcartwright
Hi,
I've received an unconditional offer but haven't heard from University College yet. I wanted to find out about the Castle Drama/Theatre group? i've looked online but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information. I would like to join it if I do get in, want to find out more.
Thanks
I've received an unconditional offer but haven't heard from University College yet. I wanted to find out about the Castle Drama/Theatre group? i've looked online but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information. I would like to join it if I do get in, want to find out more.
Thanks
Have you looked at DST's website? If you look at their list of affiliated theatre groups the Castle one should be on there with contact details. If not, contact one of the DST exec and they'll be able to put you in touch with the Castle theatre group. I'm pretty sure you can join that group even if you're not in Castle college.
(edited 11 years ago)
Original post by maxcartwright
Hi,
I've received an unconditional offer but haven't heard from University College yet. I wanted to find out about the Castle Drama/Theatre group? i've looked online but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information. I would like to join it if I do get in, want to find out more.
Thanks
I've received an unconditional offer but haven't heard from University College yet. I wanted to find out about the Castle Drama/Theatre group? i've looked online but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information. I would like to join it if I do get in, want to find out more.
Thanks
Hey! I went to see the Bacchae by Castle Theatre last term; it was great. The director is in my Syriac class, and I know a few other people in it too. Just PM me if you want to get in touch with any of them.
Original post by maxcartwright
Hi,
I've received an unconditional offer but haven't heard from University College yet. I wanted to find out about the Castle Drama/Theatre group? i've looked online but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information. I would like to join it if I do get in, want to find out more.
Thanks
I've received an unconditional offer but haven't heard from University College yet. I wanted to find out about the Castle Drama/Theatre group? i've looked online but there doesn't seem to be a lot of information. I would like to join it if I do get in, want to find out more.
Thanks
I've done about 15 shows over my last 2 years at Durham and I'm on the exec for a couple of theatre companies, so if there's anything you want to know about theatre, give me a shout. The last person was right to say that Castle Theatre Company (CTC) is available to all regardless of college, and their stuff is normally very good. There are usually about 15 shows per term if you include college ones, so there's plenty to get involved in. Let me know if you have any questions!
Hey guys
I got an offer from Durham and I'm allocated to Butler college, and I was just wondering how lenient Durham is with their offer conditions? Like, for IB, if you miss the offer by 1 or 2 points, will they still take you? I know it depends on how the A-level people have done and everything, but I just wanted to know if they're really strict with the conditions?
I got an offer from Durham and I'm allocated to Butler college, and I was just wondering how lenient Durham is with their offer conditions? Like, for IB, if you miss the offer by 1 or 2 points, will they still take you? I know it depends on how the A-level people have done and everything, but I just wanted to know if they're really strict with the conditions?
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